The phrase "attention to acknowledge" is not correct and may cause confusion in written English.
It could be used in contexts where one is discussing the need to focus on something in order to recognize or validate it, but it lacks clarity.
Example: "We must give attention to acknowledge the contributions of all team members during the meeting."
Alternatives: "focus on recognizing" or "pay heed to acknowledge".
"While advocates would have liked for the legislature to send the bill to the governor's desk this week, I think anyone who is paying attention has to acknowledge that the momentum on marijuana is heading in one direction: toward legalization," said Tom Angell, an activist who runs Marijuana Moment, a news site that tracks cannabis legislation.
The philosophy has spread among ranchers and activists in the west in recent years, propelled forward by Ammon's father, Cliven Bundy, a Nevada rancher who received national attention for refusing to acknowledge federal authority on public lands by his ranch, culminating in a tense standoff in 2014.
"So one of our goals is that, if there is national attention, we need to acknowledge the awful things that happened here.
I'll also be paying attention to and acknowledging the people who make sure those powerful people were well-prepared for the business meetings, the people behind the scenes who get us where we need to go when we need to be there, and the conference coordinators who make the whole vast machinery run.
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And even if something does catch your attention and you want to acknowledge it then do that in private, but in front of other people just let it roll of your shoulder.
That really won't wash, particularly since Francis goes on to acknowledge that "attention needs to be paid to imbalances in population density, on both national and global levels".
Brown, and other speakers enlisted on behalf of his campaign, frequently called attention to Goebel's refusal to acknowledge the challenge or agree to a debate.
The petition, which boasts 4,798 signatures as of noon on July 30, aims to draw attention to LOCOG's failure to acknowledge or compensate artists participating in the Olympics and laments the "low esteem" that LOCOG holds for artists in general.
Nativism in American politics has become so rampant that it is considered scandalous in Republican circles for a judge to acknowledge paying any attention to foreign courts and their legal rulings.
